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[[Image:Sir_chris.jpg|right|300px|Dr. Christopher Monterola, PhD]]

==  Academic Rank ==

'''Associate Professor 3''' <br>
National Institute of Physics, College of Science<br>
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101<br>

==Courses handled==

*'''Theoretical Mechanics''' (Undergraduate [121, 122] , Graduate [221] and Advanced Graduate Level [212]);
*'''General Physics''' (Mechanics [71, 101, 71.1], Electromagnetism[72, 72.1, 102], Modern Physics [73, 73.1], Physics and Astronomy for Pedestrians [10]);
*'''Advanced Methods in Experimental Physics''' (Physics 191 & 192); 
*'''Advanced Methods in Computational Physics''' (Physics 212 & Physics 215)
*'''Mathematical Methods in Contemporary Physics''' (Physics 313)

== Publications ==


''International Refereed (ISI) Articles Published'' (total = 29, h index =6, total citations =85)<br>
''Book Chapters'' (total = 2) <br>
''International Conference Proceedings'' (total = 6) <br>
''National Refereed Journal'' (total = 8) <br>
''National Refereed Proceedings'' (total = 77) 


'''2010'''

*C. Monterola, I. Crisologo, J. Tugaff, R. Batac, A. Longjas, "Surface Morphology of Chalkboard Tips Captures the Uniqueness of the User's Hand Strokes," ''Intl J of Mod Phys C'' (accepted for publication, March 2010)
*I. Crisologo, R. Batac, A. Longjas, E.F. Legara and C. Monterola, "A procedure for generating a random number sequence using seven individuals", ''Intl J of Mod Phys C'' (accepted for publication, March 2010).
*E.F. Legara, C. Monterola, and C. Abundo, "Ranking of predictor variables based on effect size criterion provides an accurate means of automatically classifying opinion column articles", ''Physica A'' (2010).
*E.F. Legara, C. Monterola, C. David, and J.M. Atun, "News Framing of Population and Family Planning Issues via Syntactic Network Analysis", ''Intl J of Mod Phys C'' 21, Issue: 1, pp. 51-65. 2010.

'''2009'''

*M. Arciaga, M. Pastor, R. Batac, J. Bantang, and C. Monterola, Experimental observation and empirical model of enhanced heap stability resulting from mixing of granular materials, ''Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment''
*C. Monterola, Cheryl Abundo, J. Tugaff, and L.E. Venturina, Prediction of potential hit song and musical genre using artificial neural networks, ''Intl J. of Mod. Phys. C'' (to be published 2009)
*R. Batac, M. Pastor, M. Arciaga, J. Bantang, and C. Monterola, Kinks, Logarithmic Tails, and Super-stability in Bi-disperse Granular Media, ''Physica A'', Vol. 388, pp. 3072-3082 (2009)
*A. Longjas, C. Monterola, C. Saloma, Force analysis of jamming with disks of different sizes in a two-dimensional hopper, ''Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment'' (2009).
*G. Esleta and C. Monterola, Effect of memory and reinforcement on the propagation and morphology of fracture in a two-dimensional mass-spring system, ''International Journal of Modern Physics C'' (2009).
*C.P. Monterola, R.M. Roxas, & S.L. Carreon-Monterola, "Characterizing the Effect of Seating Arrangement on Classroom Learning Using Neural Networks," ''Complexity Journal'' 14, 26 -33, 2009. doi:10.1002/cplx.20237

'''2008'''

*J.F. Valenzuela and C. Monterola, "Convective flow-induced short timescale segregation in a dilute bidisperse particle suspension," ''International Journal of Physics C'', 12, 1829-1845, 2008.
*D.E. Juanico, A. Longjas, R. Batac and C. Monterola, "Avalanche Statistics of Granular Driven slides in a miniature mound," ''Geophysical Research Letters'', 35, 2008. doi:10.1029/2008GL035567
*E.F. Legara, C. Monterola, D.E. Juanico, M. Litong-Palima and C. Saloma, "Earning Potential in Multilevel Marketing Enterprises," ''Physica A'', 387, 4889-4895, 2008.
*G.A. Esleta and C.P. Monterola, "Structural reinforcement in a spring-block model of stress-induced fracture propagation," ''Computer Physics Communications'', 178, 635, 2008. 

'''2007'''

*D.E. Juanico, C. Monterola, & C. Saloma, " Dissipative self-organized branching in a dynamic population ''Phys. Rev. E Rapid Communication'' 75, 045105 (2007).
*D.E. Juanico & C. Monterola, "Background activity drives criticality of neuronal avalanches," ''J. Phys. A'' 40, 9297-9309 (2007).
*D.E. Juanico, C. Monterola, & C. Saloma, "Self-organised critical branching in systems that violate conservation laws", ''New Journal of Physics'' (2007). 

'''2005'''

*D.E. Juanico, C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Cluster formation by allelomimesis in real-world complex adaptive systems" ''Phys Rev E'' 71, 041905 (2005). 
*C. Monterola, and M. Zapotocky, "Noise-enhanced categorization in a recurrently reconnected neural network" ''Phys Rev E'' 71, 036134 (2005). 

'''2004'''

*M. Quito, C. Monterola, and C. Saloma, "Memory and a priori best strategy in complex adaptive systems" ''Complexity'' 9, 41-46 (2004).

'''2003'''

*D.E. Juanico, C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Allelomimesis as a generic clustering mechanism for interacting agents" ''Physica A'' 320 C, 590-600 (2003). 
*C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Solving the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with an unsupervised neural network: Estimation of error in solution", ''Optics Communications'' 222/1-6, 331-339 (2003).

'''2002'''

*C. Monterola, M. Lim, J. Garcia and C. Saloma,"Feasibility of a Neural Network as Classifier of Undecided Respondents in a Public Opinion Survey", ''Int J Public Opinion Research'' 14, 222-228 (2002).
*C. Monterola, M. Lim, J. Garcia and C. Saloma, "Accurate forecasting of the undecided population in a public opinion poll", ''Journal of Forecasting'' 21, 435-449 (2002).
*J. Bantang, M. Lim, C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Gravity-assisted segregation of granular materials of equal mass and size", ''Phys. Rev. E'' 66, 041306 (2002).
*C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Noise-driven manifestation of learning in mature neural networks", ''Phys. Rev. Lett.'' 89, 188102 (2002).

'''2001'''

*M. Quito, C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Solving N-body problems with neural networks", ''Phys. Rev. Lett.'' 86 pp. 4741-4744 (2001). 
*C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Solving the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with an unsupervised neural network", ''Opt. Express'' 9, 72-84 (2001).

'''1998'''

*C. Monterola and C. Saloma, "Characterizing the dynamics of constrained physical systems with unsupervised neural network", ''Phys Rev E'', 57, 1247R-1250R (1998).
== Awards and Recognitions ==
==See Also==

*Christopher P. Monterola's [https://sites.google.com/site/iplcomplexsystemsmonterola/home website].
*IPL Complex Systems Group [https://sites.google.com/site/iplcomplexsystemsmonterola/ website].
*Instrumentation Physics Laboratory (IPL) [http://www.nip.upd.edu.ph/ipl/ website].

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